Table 3. Number of organizations with COI policies meeting each IOM standard, stratified by region and type of organization.

	IOM Standards
	2.1 (disclosure of COI)	2.2a (report of COI)	2.2b (explanation of COI)	2.3 (divestment of financial COI)	2.4a (should not have COI)	2.4c (limitation on panel)	2.4d (limitation on chairs)
No. (%) met by Organization
Region
US (N = 19)	18 (95)	17 (89)	1 (5)	3 (16)	6 (32)	10 (53)	6 (32)
Europe (N = 14)	12 (86)	8 (57)	1 (7)	3 (21)	5 (35)	5 (35)	7 (50)
Canada (N = 3)	3 (100)	3 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (33)	2 (67)
Type of Organization
Professional (N = 26)	23 (88)	19 (73)	2 (8)	5 (19)	8 (31)	13 (50)	10 (38)
Government (N = 8)	8 (100)	7 (88)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (25)	2 (25)	4 (50)
Other (N = 2) a	2 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)	1 (50)	1 (50)	1 (50)	1 (50)
All (N = 36)	33 (92)	28 (78)	2 (6)	6 (17)	11 (31)	16 (44)	15 (42)

^aOther organizations included 1 European medical journal and 1 U.S. non-governmental organization.